Samira

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: Arabic

Meaning

Samira is a Sanskrit, Arabic, or Persian given name. In Sanskrit, Sameera or Samira is a feminine given-name, meaning "breeze, wind," or "Vāyu, the wind deity". Many anglicize their name to Samīr or Sameer.

From Wikipedia

Samira first appears in the data in 1991 and has been recorded in 34 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2001 with 39 babies (rank #609 that year). In 2024 it was given to 22 girls (rank #1,183). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Samira

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Samira yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

893
Total babies (all years)
34
Years in the data
39
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
199116#1,092
199216#1,131
199323#872
199422#831
199531#710
199620#996
199726#807
199823#874
199927#797
200021#940
200139#609
200226#838
200337#659
200428#816
200529#833
200624#993
200738#706
200834#805
200934#807
201034#809
201118#1,340
201228#948
201322#1,144
201429#922
201532#850
201627#984
201721#1,208
201826#1,011
201928#955
202023#1,101
202125#1,065
202220#1,241
202324#1,061
202422#1,183